Ethiopia: Call for International/ Local Consultancy Service; Consultancy to Conduct Survey on existing terms and conditions of service in Ethiopia - Ethiopia

The labour proclamation 377/2003 governs worker- employer relations by setting the basic principles of rights and obligations with a view to enabling workers and employers to maintain industrial peace and work in the spirit of harmony and cooperation towards all rounded development of the country. The international Conventions and Regulations that Ethiopia has ratified are also parts and parcels of the general framework of laws governing labour relations

The proclamation defines “Conditions of work” as ‘the entire filed of relations between worker and employers including hours of work, wage, leave, payments due to dismissal, workers health and safety, compensation to victims of employment injury, dismissal because of redundancy, grievance procedure and any other similar matters’. Terms and conditions of work come to place in different ways when a worker- employer relation comes into existence through a making of an employment contract. ‘Work rules’ that employers set and collective agreements are the other sources stipulating conditions of work.

All of these set of documents: i.e. ‘employment contract’, ‘work rules’ and ‘collective agreements’ have to be clear so much so that the parties are left with no uncertainty as to their respective rights and obligations under the terms thereof, and shall not lay down less favourable conditions for the employee than those provided for by the labour proclamation.

But when it comes to the practice, the reality is quite different. At times workers may not even have written contracts where in all the above related stipulations of the law are eroded. And when the terms and conditions of services are well under the expectation of the law, they either get unnoticed or the workers may not be in a position to take action and fight for their rights. This is due to the fact that the majority of workers do not have enough knowledge on the minimum working conditions and other work rights and that they do not have the bargaining power to demand for they are not organized.

The survey on existing terms and conditions of service should assess the content of existing terms and conditions of service and coverage of collective agreements in the country relating employment relationships covered under the scope of the labour proclamation 377/2003. The survey aims to compile statistics on the content of terms and conditions of service in Ethiopia; assess the coverage of Collective Agreements; explore the process and best practices for prospective learning.

In view of the above, the ILO, in collaboration with Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) and Ethiopian Employers Federation (EEF) is seeking a qualified international/local consultant and/or consultancy firm to undertake the study.

How to apply:

Interested consultants/consultancy firms with extensive experience in the areas of conducting such researches can take the TOR of the study from the ILO office and to submit technical and finical proposals in separate and sealed envelopes until 5^th of May 2016, 5:00 PM.

Only short listed consultants/consultancy firms will be contacted.

For further information, please contact Tel: 251-115444267/ fisseha@ilo.org

Address:

ILO ILO Country Office for Ethiopa, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan and Special Representative to the African Union (AU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Mennelik II Avenue, ECA Old Building

P.O Box 2788 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa,**

Ethiopia